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02 Sep 2022

DNA: Desi 'plastic surgery' of fingerprints

In Hyderabad, police have caught a gang that used to change fingerprints of people. In Hyderabad, when a racket changing the fingerprints of hands for Rs 25,000 was busted, then their modus operandi came openly in front of the police and they too were in shock.

25 May 2017

Paper 'fingerprints' can prevent forgery of documents

Just by taking a picture of a paper document and analysing the translucent patterns revealed when a light shines through paper, researchers have been able to identify a unique 'texture' fingerprint for every single sheet of paper.

22 Oct 2015

Glowing fingerprints to help nail criminals

Researchers believe that the new technique could save time and cost of investigations.

29 Sep 2015

Fingerprints can reveal your ancestral background

It is possible to identify an individual's ancestral background based on his or her fingerprint characteristics, new research has found."This is the first study to look at this issue at this level of detail, and the findings are extremely promising," said senior study author Ann Ross, professor of anthropology at North Carolina State University in the US.

23 Sep 2015

5.6 million fingerprints stolen in US personnel data hack: Govt

Hackers who stole security clearance data on millions of Defence Department and other U.S. government employees got away with about 5.6 million fingerprint records, some 4.5 million more than initially reported, the government said on Wednesday.

30 Dec 2014

Hacker develops way to copy fingerprints using digital camera

A member of Europe's oldest hacker collective, the Chaos Computer Club has claimed to have developed a method to copy fingerprints using a common digital camera.

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